Unreal-Powered World War Z Game Revealed for Phones and Tablets

Paramount Digital Entertainment and Phosphor Games have lifted the lid on World War Z, a tie-in mobile game due out on May 30, just a few weeks before the Brad Pitt zombie thriller hits theaters. Check out the exclusive gameplay trailer:

Gamers are often wary of movie tie-in games, but the team at Phosphor working on World War Z gives us hope that this project will buck the trend. Phosphor's last title was 2012's Horn, a game that pulled down many Game of the Year awards. IGN awarded Horn a 9 / 10. The debut trailer above seems to indicate that World War Z will implement more smart, contextual touch controls ala Horn, instead of shoe-horning a console-style control sceme onto touch screens.

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“We were excited to be able to use the cutting-edge Unreal Engine 3 to bring World War Z to life,” Chip Sineni, Phosphor Games Studio Director said in a statement. “Our goal was to build Paramount a AAA game, and with that came all our favorite bells and whistles, like ambient occlusion lighting, multipass blended textures, and hordes of enemies to fight.”

For now World War Z gameplay details remain under wraps. All we know for certain is that the game features 28 levels, plenty of zombie combat, puzzle-solving, and upgradable weapons and armor. Four fresh screenshots have also been revealed.

Justin is Editor of IGN Wireless. He has been reviewing mobile games since the dark days of Java flip phones. You can follow him on Twitter at @ErrorJustin and on IGN.